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Goodreads asked James Beffa:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

James Beffa The best advice I got from Patterson, Gaiman, Brown, and others is that your first draft will stink. That is okay, don't be discouraged. It is the editing process that will greatly improve your manuscript.

That and Grammarly. While it may not catch every grammar error, it vastly improves the readability of your text. Especially if you are grammatically challenged like me. ;-)

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